Daniel Dubois: ‘That first fight against Usyk is behind me – I’m a man of the future’

The IBF champion on flying under the radar, Oleksandr Usyk’s weaknesses and how past defeats have steeled him “It’s definitely the biggest fight of my life,” Daniel Dubois says of his world heavyweight title unification bout against Oleksandr Usyk at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night before, following a slightly deflated pause, he highlights an unusually downbeat buildup. “It’s strange but it feels like it’s been going under the cover, like it hasn’t been really hyped‑up as I would have thought a unification fight will be. But maybe that will pick up on the night.”Sitting in the July sunshine outside his gym in Borehamwood, with the Wembley arch clearly visible through the haze of heat, Dubois looks a little hurt when I ask if he can explain why there has been such limited fanfare around an interesting rematch between two contrasting heavyweights who own all the world titles between them. “I’m not sure,” Dubois says in his role as the IBF champion

England beat India by 22 runs in Lord’s thriller: third men’s cricket Test, day five – as it happened

Time to wrap things up here. Ali’s first hit is in, with more coverage to follow. India have been excellent across three Tests and somehow find themselves 2-1 down. It’ll be pretty special if we go to the Oval at 2-2. Anyway, I’m getting ahead of myself

England triumph in final-day Lord’s thriller as India fall short despite Jadeja heroics

Exactly six years on from the barest of margins came the most fortunate of deflections to send another Lord’s epic England’s way. An intense battle of the wills ended at 4.54pm on the final day when Mohammed Siraj, India’s No 11, repelled a rising ball from Shoaib Bashir, only to see it trickle back on to his stumps and dislodge a bail.It was a galling way for Shubman Gill’s tourists to lose this third Test by 22 runs and go 2-1 down in a series they will believe they have dominated. Much like the World Cup final here in 2019, Ben Stokes and his players were an overwhelmed mix of jubilation and relief; the exhausted last survivors of a disaster movie that very nearly broke them

McIlroy vows ‘the story isn’t over’ as he revels in Royal Portrush support at the Open

Rory McIlroy has promised to revel in the Northern Irish love during the Open Championship this week, with the 36-year-old also warning fellow competitors that he has regained focus after claiming the Masters in April. “The story certainly isn’t over,” he insisted.McIlroy has returned to Royal Portrush for the first time since 2019, when he admitted the scale of ovation on the Open’s first tee contributed to him whacking his ball out of bounds. He later missed the cut.Attention in the coming days promises to be even more intense, given his Masters win meant he became only the sixth golfer in history to complete a career grand slam

Sinner’s Wimbledon focus was unblinking on every point – Alcaraz is playing catch-up | Tumaini Carayol

With his hopes of a third consecutive Wimbledon title desperately fading with every point, Carlos Alcaraz sat down in his chair on Centre Court after conceding the third set of his final with Jannik Sinner and bluntly unloaded his thoughts on his team: “From the back of the court, he is much better than me. Much better than me! Much [better]! It’s like this,” Alcaraz said, gesturing with his hands to demonstrate the vast gap between his greatest rival and himself.His assessment was not wrong. From a set down, Sinner put together a supreme performance to overturn five consecutive losses against Alcaraz and win his first Wimbledon title, avenging the most difficult loss in his career – his French Open final defeat by Alcaraz in June – at the earliest opportunity. No one in the world strikes the ball with anything close to the destructive power, cleanliness, consistency that the Italian employs to dominate on the court and he used his incessant aggression to constantly rob time from his opponent, making it so difficult for him to impose his own varied game

Meet the Estonian amateur who started golf by accident and qualified for the Open

All we know already about Richard Teder suggests his Open Championship debut may provide essential viewing when he becomes the first golfer from Estonia to tee it up in the oldest major.He qualified by holing out from 90 yards in a sudden death playoff, a euphoric scene which preceded the eating of half a doner kebab for dinner. Teder picked up golf by accident, finds the sport straightforward and learned English via YouTube. There are far more illustrious names in the field at Royal Portrush but few competitors have such a backstory.“The job is not finished yet, right?” says the 20-year-old with an air of endearing confidence